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The three divergence free matrix fields problem

Analysis of PDEs 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We prove that for any connected open set ΩRn\Omega\subset \R^n and for any set of matrices K={A1,A2,A3}Mm×nK=\{A_1,A_2,A_3\}\subset M^{m\times n}, with mnm\ge n and rank(AiAj)=n(A_i-A_j)=n for iji\neq j, there is no non-constant solution BL(Ω,Mm×n)B\in L^{\infty}(\Omega,M^{m\times n}), called exact solution, to the problem Div B=0 \quad \text{in} D'(\Omega,\R^m) \quad \text{and} \quad B(x)\in K \text{a.e. in} \Omega. In contrast, A. Garroni and V. Nesi \cite{GN} exhibited an example of set KK for which the above problem admits the so-called approximate solutions. We give further examples of this type. We also prove non-existence of exact solutions when KK is an arbitrary set of matrices satisfying a certain algebraic condition which is weaker than simultaneous diagonalizability.

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@article{arxiv.math/0310374,
  title  = {The three divergence free matrix fields problem},
  author = {Mariapia Palombaro and Marcello Ponsiglione},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0310374},
  year   = {2007}
}

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15 pages, 1 figure